USM president optimistic about ROTC future

5:06 PM,
Feb. 20, 2014

Bennett

Written by

Rodney D. Bennett
USM president

I am excited to share that after four months of uncertainty for our Army Reserve Officers Training Corps program at the University of Southern Mississippi, we received the Army's new program evaluation criteria, and I am optimistic about our future.

In October, just a month after our cadets excelled at the annual Leadership Development and Assessment Course, we were surprised to receive notification that the Army intended to close our program and 12 others across the country. I reached out to our Congressional delegation, Gov. Bryant, local military leaders and alumni for guidance and ...